The growing outer epidermal wall: Design and physiological role of a composite structure

Annals of Botany

Volumn 101, Issue 5, 2008, Pages 615-621

  Kutschera, U ^a,b  

^a GEOPHYSICAL LABORATORY   (United States)

^b UNIVERSITY OF KASSEL   (Germany)

Author keywords

Cell elongation; Cellulose; Epidermis; Growth; Helicoidal wall

Indexed keywords

CELLULOSE; COMPOSITE; DESIGN; GROWTH; MORPHOLOGY; PHYSIOLOGICAL RESPONSE; SECRETION;

ALGAE; ANIMALIA; BACTERIA (MICROORGANISMS); FUNGI; HELICOIDEA; HEXAPODA;

CELLULOSE;

ANIMAL; ARTICLE; BIOMECHANICS; CELL WALL; CHEMISTRY; CYTOLOGY; GROWTH, DEVELOPMENT AND AGING; LIGHT; PHYSIOLOGY; PLANT EPIDERMIS; SUNFLOWER; ULTRASTRUCTURE;

ANIMALS; BIOMECHANICS; CELL WALL; CELLULOSE; HELIANTHUS; LIGHT; PLANT EPIDERMIS;

EID: 42949118353     PISSN: 03057364     EISSN: 10958290     Source Type: Journal    
DOI: 10.1093/aob/mcn015     Document Type: Review

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